Strange Numbers
Why do computers use such strange numbers???
- These numbers are powers of 2
- 210 = 1,024 call it a thousand
- 220 = 1,048,576 call it a million
- 230 = 1,073,741,824 call it a billion
- 240 = 1,099,511,627,776 call it a trillion
When you buy a megabyte of memory it’s as if you get 48,576 bytes for free!